Old Town Hall in Torun IV Photo

Photographer’s Note

Toruñ is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river. The mediaeval town, birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, is listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Old Town Hall - building begun in 1274, extended and rebuilt between 1391 - 1399, and extended in the end of 16th century one of the most monumental Town Halls in Central Europe.

Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system in his epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). Copernicus was born in 1473 in the city of Toruñ (Thorn), in Royal Prussia, an autonomous province of the Kingdom of Poland. He was educated in Poland and Italy, and spent most of his working life in Frombork (Frauenburg), Warmia, where he died in 1543. Copernicus was one of the great polymaths of the Renaissance.

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Gregtom (7119) 2008-12-09 2:12

Cześć, Aleksandrze!
Bardzo ciekawy pomysł na portret ratusza. Widok przez okno jest bardzo atrakcyjny, zwłaszcza dzięki tym deformacjom na brzegach.
pozdrowienia,
grzesiek

finlay (403) 2008-12-09 2:20

Aleksander

I like your idea of taking this shot through the window pane. A nice effect created by the distortion on the brickwork and the paving stones in the courtyard.

Finlay

parbo (11034) 2008-12-09 5:50

Hello Aleksander,

Fantastic effect created by viscosity of old window glasses. The textures of terracotta brick facades and groudn tiles in courtyard helped you perfectly. Excellent one, clever view, good capture. Congratulations.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul

andywo (2993) 2008-12-09 7:36

Witaj
ciekawe spojrzenie, mnie rowniez podobaja sie te znieksztalcenia obrazu, sprawiaja ze widok jest bardzo oryginalny i o to chodzi.
Pozdrawiam
Andrzej

tedesse (13226) 2008-12-09 7:59

Witaj!
Ciekawy efekt uzyskales focac przez szybe!
Ladny kadr i kolorystyka.
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Tadeusz

Fis2 (46449) 2008-12-09 12:47

Witam!
Dobry pomysl na zdjecie. LAdnie sie patrzy przez takie okno...
Ciekawe znieksztalcenia w szybach. Dobry kadr i kolory. Ciekawe miejsce.
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Krzysztof

cyborg83 (3798) 2008-12-09 22:45

Witaj Alex,
ciekawy pomysl, cos sie im w tym ratuszu "rozmyly" te szyby okienne :)
Mozna by zrobic gabinet luster...
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